Look No Further: Universities Are Funding Startups To Ensure Students Succeed

Every post-secondary institution wants its students to succeed. But while a great education might help get students on the right track, doesn’t it make sense to invest in some students – particularly entrepreneurial ones – in other ways, too?  I mean actually invest in them, with VC funding. But before calling me out for being too idealistic, this is actually an initiative a few universities have already taken on. In fact, this month UC Berkeley announced its currently accepting applications for the Spring 2018 cohort of its SkyDeck accelerator program, in which for the first time ever, each of the…

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